“Blood Of The Earth – Soulwood #1” by Faith Hunter – original new series in the Jane Yellowrock universe that caught my imagination

“Tesser: A Dragon Among Us – Reemergence #1” by Chris Philbrook

The books I remember best from 1986

A surprising recommendation – what was GoodReads thinking?

“The Scorpion Rules” by Erin Bow

“Kitty Steals The Show – Kitty Norville #10” by Carrie Vaughn-strong story and new settings

The best reaction I’ve seen to Apple’s new AirPods

Subliminally Stoking a Hunger: the Scent of a Book

Je ne suis pas Charlie Hebdo – the cartoon about the Amatrice earthquake shows this magazine has lost its way